Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are diverse phenomena involving multiple. species and
classes of algae that occupy a broad range of habitats from lakes to oceans and produce a …

Some diatoms of the genera Pseudo-nitzschia and Nitzschia produce the neurotoxin domoic
acid (DA), a compound that caused amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP) in humans just over …

A northern Gulf of Mexico (GoM) cetacean unusual mortality event (UME) involving primarily
bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama began in …

Marine mammals face a large array of stressors, including loss of habitat, chemical and
noise pollution, and bycatch in fishing, which alone kills hundreds of thousands of marine …

The common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is a global marine mammal species for
which some populations, due to their coastal accessibility, have been monitored diligently by …

Harmful algal blooms (HAB) occur periodically in coastal waters worldwide and are
increasing in frequency and duration, and expanding in geographic distribution. This …

This chapter considers food web and ecosystemlevel impacts of major groups of harmful
algae in US and nearby waters. Harmful algal blooms (HAB) cause a “vast array” of food …

In recent decades, more than 130 potentially toxic metabolites originating from dinoflagellate
species belonging to the genus Karenia or metabolized by marine organisms have been …

Most mortality results from natural causes including red tide which is primarily restricted to
West Florida and cold-kills that have greater influence in the warmer regions of South Texas …

Florida is a hotspot for cyano-and microalgal harmful algal blooms (HABs) with annual red-
tide events off-shore and blooms of Lyngbya spp. commonly observed in both marine and …